User's Manual for Solid Propulsion Optimization Code (SPOC). Volume I. Technical Description

Abstract

Contents: Motor and Problem Definition; Computer Code Arrangement; Optimization Process; Performance Requirements; Design Constraints and Operating Limits; Payoff Parameters; Limitations and Accuracy; Motor Geometry; Analysis Routines; Impulse Efficiency; Nozzle Structural and Ablative Thickness; Pressure Vessel Structural Analysis; Propellant Structural Analysis; Trajectory Simulation; Cost; Combustion Stability Analysis; Weights; Miscellaneous; User Models; and Error Messages.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108224

Entities

People

  • G. P. Roys

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Blast Tubes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Erosive Burning
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Propellant Grains
  • Rocket Engines
  • Solid Propellants
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
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